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the very latest on the disaster in japan. ann curry reports live from the hard hit region of sendai, the area devastated by friday's deadly tsunami. and nate berkus and petra kvitova talk about how they escaped a deadly tsunami in 2004. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday.
the very latest on the disaster in japan. ann curry reports live from the hard hit region of sendai, the area devastated by friday's deadly tsunami. and nate berkus and petra kvitova talk about how they escaped a deadly tsunami in 2004. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday.
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the situation in japan is getting worse. basic supplies like food and water are scarce. >> i want her to get back here. it's hard for me to work and stuff, but i got to get her back here. >> on their first day tilmon pushed his ex-wife out of the way of a drunk driver and he lost his leg. right now the main problem is cost. a plane ticket from tokyo to san jose's airport starts at about $1,000. so, until tilmon can get the money to get his daughter here, he will continue to use facebook to try to connect with her. and also tries to call her a few times during the day, but, of course, the time difference is somewhat of an issue. live in santa cruz, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >>> the scope of the disaster in japan is likely to color what is tsunami week across the states. a week ago the japanese tsunami flooded the santa cruz harbor, causing millions of dollars in damage. tomorrow the santa cruz county office of emergency services will sponsor a meeting to promote tsunami awareness and preparedness. long-time residents
the situation in japan is getting worse. basic supplies like food and water are scarce. >> i want her to get back here. it's hard for me to work and stuff, but i got to get her back here. >> on their first day tilmon pushed his ex-wife out of the way of a drunk driver and he lost his leg. right now the main problem is cost. a plane ticket from tokyo to san jose's airport starts at about $1,000. so, until tilmon can get the money to get his daughter here, he will continue to use...
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japan was prepared. you have to hope that they're going to do the right thing and the right circumstance. and she did. good. >> congratulations. we're here with canon purdy's family. we'll be talking to them throughout the morning. back to you. >> so nice of them to share that story with us. >>> the shaking is not over in japan. there have been some 300 aftershocks. george kir iyama is on special assignment. >> reporter: we've been feeling aftershock after aftershock. we're told it felt like a 6.2. the place is rattling. at one point i felt like i had to go under the desk just to make sure nothing fell on top of me. that got our attention here at the hotel. i was on the third floor when it happened. my other colleagues were on the ninth floor. they said it was shaking pretty good up there on that top floor. there have been lines of people stocking up on food and water in the supermarkets in tokyo. trying to stock up on food and water as well as gasoline. we've been hearing long lines at gasoline stations
japan was prepared. you have to hope that they're going to do the right thing and the right circumstance. and she did. good. >> congratulations. we're here with canon purdy's family. we'll be talking to them throughout the morning. back to you. >> so nice of them to share that story with us. >>> the shaking is not over in japan. there have been some 300 aftershocks. george kir iyama is on special assignment. >> reporter: we've been feeling aftershock after aftershock....
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ck>>> cleanup continues in japan. the latest on rescue efforts is next. >>> plus, california senators express concern about what a quake could do to california nuclear plants. what they're asking for this morning. >> reporter: also, high surf advisory is effect for much of the northern california coastline. the morning after a surfer dies at mavericks. i'll explain how the big waves here could hamper tsunami recovery efforts coming up. >>> a live look outside from the south bay this morning. it is thursday, march 17th. happy st. patrick's day. this is "today in the bay." >>> and good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. 5:30 right now. i'm brent. >> and i'm laura. a look at the forecast and christina. >> good morning to you. well, the dry break continues. rain stopped this morning. clear skies overhead. big time weathermaker on the way to the bay area for tomorrow. we're going to talk all about that this morning. today looks good. highs a little on the chilly side, upper 50s. low 60s. overall, not a bad day for
ck>>> cleanup continues in japan. the latest on rescue efforts is next. >>> plus, california senators express concern about what a quake could do to california nuclear plants. what they're asking for this morning. >> reporter: also, high surf advisory is effect for much of the northern california coastline. the morning after a surfer dies at mavericks. i'll explain how the big waves here could hamper tsunami recovery efforts coming up. >>> a live look outside...
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a safe, good way to help people in japan. tracey grant is live from the telethon that is going on in san francisco. and all of the money that is raised in this fund-raiser is going directly to help the victims of the earthquake. >> yes, every single dime raised today will go to the northern japan earthquake relief fund. behind me, people are calling in all of their donations, but there are other ways that you can donate your money. we are actually here live with joe greene from causes.com. facebook members have a way to donate as well, joe? >> that's right. facebook members can go and sign in with facebook and donate using a credit card and share it with their friends on facebook. we have seen $700,000 raised so far they are the japanese earthquake through over 20 nonprofits. one of our best partners has been the japanese cultural community center where we are standing now. we have loved working with them and they have had great experience going back to the kobe earthquake. they have raised 170,000 dltz through causes.com and
a safe, good way to help people in japan. tracey grant is live from the telethon that is going on in san francisco. and all of the money that is raised in this fund-raiser is going directly to help the victims of the earthquake. >> yes, every single dime raised today will go to the northern japan earthquake relief fund. behind me, people are calling in all of their donations, but there are other ways that you can donate your money. we are actually here live with joe greene from...
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she was in japan when the earthquake hit. you'll remember nbc bay area was with her when her family got the call she was okay. she was in japan to attend a graduation for some of her students. the school sits a top a hill. it was safe. cannon couldn't believe what happened to the town below. >> i mean, i wish i had a picture of what it used to look like. a beautiful healthy town. it was probably the most devastating thing i've ever seen. you know, i didn't lose my home. i didn't possibly lose a family member. so it was just overwhelming and i think everyone was so shocked and just couldn't believe what had happened. >> still shocking now, 10,000 people from that town are still unaccounted for. >> this has gone from an earthquake to a tsunami to a nuclear threat. the situation really bringing memories of the world's worst nuclear disaster back into the forefront. tonight a group in the north bay is helpth victims of chernobyl as they is there for nearly two decades. jodi hernandez reports now the children of chernobyl still ne
she was in japan when the earthquake hit. you'll remember nbc bay area was with her when her family got the call she was okay. she was in japan to attend a graduation for some of her students. the school sits a top a hill. it was safe. cannon couldn't believe what happened to the town below. >> i mean, i wish i had a picture of what it used to look like. a beautiful healthy town. it was probably the most devastating thing i've ever seen. you know, i didn't lose my home. i didn't possibly...
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. >>> turning to the disaster and recovery in japan. here's a look at what's happening there at this hour. officials are racing to restore power at the troubled fukushima nuclear plant. but they're facing more problems including a cloud of smoke that forced workers to evacuate on monday. meanwhile, the japanese government is banning sales of raw milk, spinach and canola from local regions there next to the plant. officials say higher levels of radiation were found in some produce. here in the united states the fda says only 4% of the produce imported to the united states comes from japan. and right now nothing from the radiation zone is being exported. japan's police agency now confirms more than 8,900 deaths and another 12,000 people missing. nearly 500,000 people are living in shelters. with your help, nbc and comcast has raised more than 178,000 goes to help the people in japan. you can still donate. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on how you can help. >>> coalition bombs and missiles blasting libya, but gadhafi is not backing down. a
. >>> turning to the disaster and recovery in japan. here's a look at what's happening there at this hour. officials are racing to restore power at the troubled fukushima nuclear plant. but they're facing more problems including a cloud of smoke that forced workers to evacuate on monday. meanwhile, the japanese government is banning sales of raw milk, spinach and canola from local regions there next to the plant. officials say higher levels of radiation were found in some produce. here...
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two weeks after japan's earthquake and tsunami the official death toll from the disasters has soared past 10,000. >>> the federal aviation administration says it has suspended an air traffic control supervisor after he fell asleep on duty, forcing two passenger planes to land at reagan international airport without any assistance. nbc's kristendahlgren has more on a story that raised a lot of questions about who is minding the runways. >> reporter: final approach to reagan international airport. the american airlines flight from miami gets no response. >> the pilot gets over the loud speaker and says, sorry, folks, we can't land right now. >> reporter: even a nearby operations center can't raise reagan's tower. >> tried to call on landline and tried to call on the commercial line and there's no answer. >> reporter: the american flight and then the united plane from chicago both land safely, pilots using radios to broadcast their positions. >> as a former airline pilot, i'm outraged at what happened there. we have an investigation ongoing and we will get to the bottom of this. >> repo
two weeks after japan's earthquake and tsunami the official death toll from the disasters has soared past 10,000. >>> the federal aviation administration says it has suspended an air traffic control supervisor after he fell asleep on duty, forcing two passenger planes to land at reagan international airport without any assistance. nbc's kristendahlgren has more on a story that raised a lot of questions about who is minding the runways. >> reporter: final approach to reagan...
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. >>> let's turn now to your disaster in japan. officials still racing to restore electricity to the troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, but now they're facing more unforeseen obstacles, including a cloud of smoke that forced workers to evacuate again today. now, when power is finally restored, officials say the cooling system should bring temperatures back to a safe level within those reactors within a day. meanwhile, the world's health organization is calling on japan to ban food sales from areas near the plant after radiation was detected in milk and spinach. and while the radiation levels in the produce was higher than normal, they say it isn't enough to cause all import -- food from japan to be banned. >> there's no evidence that that food is connected to daiichi, simply because there is radiation all around us, in this room and in food. and if you're a country importing food from japan and if you're looking for radiation, you'll find it. >> now, the world bank says japan may need as much as five years to rebuild from th
. >>> let's turn now to your disaster in japan. officials still racing to restore electricity to the troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, but now they're facing more unforeseen obstacles, including a cloud of smoke that forced workers to evacuate again today. now, when power is finally restored, officials say the cooling system should bring temperatures back to a safe level within those reactors within a day. meanwhile, the world's health organization is calling on japan to ban...
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apparently tweeted something about japan that's in poor taste and aflac's business mostly is in japan so the voice of the duck is out this morning. they will find a new voice. a japanese game-maker has spiked a new video game that puts you in tokyo during an earthquake. it was for playstation three. the publisher said it just wasn't appropriate for release. >>> other things you won't see much more of. the microsoft zune. bloomberg reports this morning that microsoft's ipod killer has itself been kill. the company will wind down its zune hardware line. software will stick around so if you have music downloaded for zune which can you play on your iphone or xbox, probably the only person who did that, still the only person who can listen to it. >> a lesson somewhere. saw how much business the ipod was doing and competitors tried to build an ipod killer and now they are seeing how much miss the ipad is doing and so companies like hewlett-packard and motorola trying to build an ipad. you never know. >> such is business. >> history is not on their side. >> that is business. 6:26 right now.
apparently tweeted something about japan that's in poor taste and aflac's business mostly is in japan so the voice of the duck is out this morning. they will find a new voice. a japanese game-maker has spiked a new video game that puts you in tokyo during an earthquake. it was for playstation three. the publisher said it just wasn't appropriate for release. >>> other things you won't see much more of. the microsoft zune. bloomberg reports this morning that microsoft's ipod killer has...
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they evacuated voluntarily from japan. they are going to be met here this morning by military representatives from travis air force base who will help them with the temporary placement and food, that sort of thing. trying to get them settled. this is all part of the ongoing efforts to try to reduce the demand for food, water and fuel, electricity, that sort of thing following the massive 9.0 earthquake in japan that has displaced hundreds of thousands of japanese citizens. and many service members feel it is just much safer for their families to be here with the ongoing nuclear crisis in japan. the u.s. is still sending supplies to the japanese region to help them recover. and many service members are staying there to help unload those supplies. now we are told the air lift to travis is the second u.s. location. residents have been arriving in seattle since saturday. two chartered flights are expected in here this morning. the first at 5:45, the second at 9:00. and we are told that these flights will be ongoing for the for
they evacuated voluntarily from japan. they are going to be met here this morning by military representatives from travis air force base who will help them with the temporary placement and food, that sort of thing. trying to get them settled. this is all part of the ongoing efforts to try to reduce the demand for food, water and fuel, electricity, that sort of thing following the massive 9.0 earthquake in japan that has displaced hundreds of thousands of japanese citizens. and many service...
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gives us their take on the crisis in japan. >> reporter: workers in japan's ailing nuclear plant spent another day trying to find a way to cool its warming reactors. thousands of miles away in the u.s., the crisis has heated the conversation about the future of nuclear technology. >> cooling the core of the reactor -- >> reporter: in stanford today, a small conference room filled with some of the university's greatest thinkers, all probing the fallout of this nuclear calamity. the group of engineers, professors, and medical experts pondered the disaster's damage to japan and the world's psyche. >> we often hear that nuclear is required for energy security. >> reporter: while it's still to early to gauge the long-term impact, nuclear development, it's easy to see what will happen soon. >> in the short-term, we'll definitely see reactor safety, a lot of scrutiny paid to that particular reactor design. >> reporter: professor kate marvel says the push toward clean technology in the u.s. has led to talk of a nuclear revolution. >> what i hope is that the nature of that oversight becomes cle
gives us their take on the crisis in japan. >> reporter: workers in japan's ailing nuclear plant spent another day trying to find a way to cool its warming reactors. thousands of miles away in the u.s., the crisis has heated the conversation about the future of nuclear technology. >> cooling the core of the reactor -- >> reporter: in stanford today, a small conference room filled with some of the university's greatest thinkers, all probing the fallout of this nuclear calamity....
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now the design he criticized 35 years ago is facing a real live test in japan because five of the six reactors at this plant are mark 1s. >> we know that the containment in those circumstances failed. >> reporter: but ge said that it did respond to the red flags. his concerns were thur lowly investigated and resolved in the 1970s. further, since that time the nrc has concluded that these issues have been satisfactorily addressed. as he looks at the unfolding race, he's saddened by it. >> i wish that it hadn't happened. i desperately wanted changes to be made back in 1976. some were but maybe not enough. >> we want to point out nbc is partly owned by ge. he says he believes we should continue an in-depth safety assessment of nuclear power. if we can't answer critical questions, we need to rely on alternative sources of energy and says that the scrutiny is important that most of the mark 1 reactors built 40 years ago are reaching the end of their licensed life. marianne, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you. very interesting. now to the state budget battle in sacramento, turning in
now the design he criticized 35 years ago is facing a real live test in japan because five of the six reactors at this plant are mark 1s. >> we know that the containment in those circumstances failed. >> reporter: but ge said that it did respond to the red flags. his concerns were thur lowly investigated and resolved in the 1970s. further, since that time the nrc has concluded that these issues have been satisfactorily addressed. as he looks at the unfolding race, he's saddened by...
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it was one mile away from where the tsunami waves flooded japan's coastline. he jumped into the action, trying to pull the struggling dolphin out of the shallows with a net. when that didn't work, he just jumped in and pulled the dolphin out, right in his arms, as you can see in that photo. he and some friends then wrapped the dolphin in towels and released it back into the pacific. it turns out the good samaritan owns a pet shop and he's been going around for two weeks now and helping injured animals. >> there are great stories like this coming out of japan after the disaster. >>> one quick check of the weather. >> the biggest threat could be the flood advisory for tomorrow. we could see winds that gust 20 to 30 miles per hour. more at 11:00 p.m. >> see you then. and we'll see you also at 11:00. >> bye-bye. [ female announcer ] the jcpenney big one day sale is saturday! don't miss amazing 4-hour steals. like worthington separates -- 50% off. and stylish dress shirts or ties, just $19.99. find okie dokie for every cutie -- $4.99! and bright sheets, only $19.99
it was one mile away from where the tsunami waves flooded japan's coastline. he jumped into the action, trying to pull the struggling dolphin out of the shallows with a net. when that didn't work, he just jumped in and pulled the dolphin out, right in his arms, as you can see in that photo. he and some friends then wrapped the dolphin in towels and released it back into the pacific. it turns out the good samaritan owns a pet shop and he's been going around for two weeks now and helping injured...
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so on the same magazine you are seeing pictures of your friends and the latest news from japan. it doesn't cost a cent. and i asked the head of flipboard how the company can survive. he said changes may be coming. >> he says on "press here" that sub kripgss and advertising are coming to flipboard at some point. >> well, certainly, advertising will be the case. and we'll have to see how sub kripgss play out. there's a lot of moving parts there, but that could very well be the case as well. >> mike mccoup, the head of flipboard on "press here" after "meet the press." he sold the company tell me for millions of dollars. we talk about all kind of stuff coming up sunday morning. >>> sounds good. thank you, scott. >> 6:27 now. a strong quake hit along thailand's border overnight. details coming up. >>> there are new concerns this morning about what could happen at that damaged nuclear plant in japan. [ banker ] when ashley's violin teacher told her parents she was gifted, they were thrilled. she's a natural vibrato. oh. we started saving for this music camp in vermont. so i told them
so on the same magazine you are seeing pictures of your friends and the latest news from japan. it doesn't cost a cent. and i asked the head of flipboard how the company can survive. he said changes may be coming. >> he says on "press here" that sub kripgss and advertising are coming to flipboard at some point. >> well, certainly, advertising will be the case. and we'll have to see how sub kripgss play out. there's a lot of moving parts there, but that could very well be...
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soil this morning after fleeing japan. military families landed at travis air force base outside of vacaville a short time ago. christie smith is now live with what's ahead for these families. >> reporter: good morning to you. well, i can tell you that right now the families are inside and are going through customs and are finally having a chance to rest on the ground for just a minute. this was a long flight for them. 10 1/2 hours long was the plane ride from japan. voluntary evacuations for these military families, 340 of them. most of them clutching babies or small children. a real sense of relief to be away from the quake zone and ongoing nuclear crisis. a second plane was going to land at 9:00 this morning but has been delayed until this afternoon. brent, back to you. >>> thank you for the update, christie. meantime, we'll take a peek at the forecast this morning with christina. >> good morning to you. well, as timing will permit, we are going to see some sunshine today. a little bit of spotty activity coming onshore,
soil this morning after fleeing japan. military families landed at travis air force base outside of vacaville a short time ago. christie smith is now live with what's ahead for these families. >> reporter: good morning to you. well, i can tell you that right now the families are inside and are going through customs and are finally having a chance to rest on the ground for just a minute. this was a long flight for them. 10 1/2 hours long was the plane ride from japan. voluntary evacuations...
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you're going to japan and you'll be touring. do you still enjoy that, dionne? >> the best part is when i'm on stage doing what i do best. getting to it is -- it was.ling isn't whatcc1: >> it's become so taxing.cc1: >> it must be unbelievable sitting in japan or anywhere in the world having all these people that, you know, are singing every word along with you and just enjoying it so much. it's got to be an incredible feeling. >> it's so wonderful being part of smile times in people's lives. and going into 50 years now, it's like -- >> amazing. >> we saw you sing with whitney at the clive davis party right before the grammys. how was that? >> it was amazing. it was like being with my family. >> you've got good dna. >> absolutely, i sure do. >> we wish you great luck with the cd. >> have fun in japan. come see you us again. >> i will do that. >> "the apprentice" is going on now. check it out. >>> we're going to tell you ten habits you need to pick up. >> is it more important to be a happy mother or a good mother? everyone hays story. and shine. with pantene natur
you're going to japan and you'll be touring. do you still enjoy that, dionne? >> the best part is when i'm on stage doing what i do best. getting to it is -- it was.ling isn't whatcc1: >> it's become so taxing.cc1: >> it must be unbelievable sitting in japan or anywhere in the world having all these people that, you know, are singing every word along with you and just enjoying it so much. it's got to be an incredible feeling. >> it's so wonderful being part of smile...